At the point when Elon Musk previously declared Twitter would begin charging for confirmation, he said the organization’s inheritance “lords & peasants” framework was “bullshit.” Twitter has begun awarding blue ticks to celebrity users and accounts with more than one million followers just a few days after phasing out the previous system. Author Neil Gaiman,…
Meta will soon require users of Facebook and Instagram to pay in order to be verified on the social media platforms, following Twitter, a rival platform. On Sunday, Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement in a Facebook post that the service would begin its rollout later this week in Australia and New Zealand. The…
One month after the company was forced to pull the feature due to a wave of “verified” accounts pretending to be brands and high-profile users, Twitter relaunched the option for users who pay for its subscription service to receive a coveted “blue check” on Monday. The new verification system, which adds multiple new colors to…
Following a dismal initial launch that saw a spike in users impersonating brands and celebrities on the platform, Twitter Inc. plans to introduce its verified service with various coloured checks for people, businesses, and governments next Friday. Friday saw Chief Executive Elon Musk assign colours to the various categories: gold for businesses, grey for governments,…
Twitter is officially entering the podcast industry. Today, the social network made the announcement that it will include podcasts into its platform as part of the redesigned Spaces tab. Starting today, a group of English-speaking users worldwide can access the updated Spaces tab and the podcast addition on iOS and Android. The redesign introduces user-specific…
Twitter launched new HTML5 apps for the Internet, Windows, and Mac just a few months after spending $40 million on TweetDeck in 2011. With Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter still on the horizon and an edit button on the way, the web browser version will be the only option. TweetDeck’s Windows client was discontinued in…
Elon Musk may have brought attention to the notion of a Twitter edit button this week, but the feature was already in the works at Twitter. According to Reports, Twitter announced on Tuesday that it will begin testing a new edit function in the coming months. The announcement came on the same day that Twitter…
In a tweet on Saturday, Elon Musk stated that he is “serious thought” developing a new social media site. Musk’s remark comes after he criticised Twitter, claiming that the network does not allow for free speech. Musk wrote on Friday, “Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to…
Twitter said Thursday that all Android and iOS users can now record Twitter Spaces. When users create a Space, they will have the option to record it, and the recording will be available for public playback for 30 days after the Space has finished. You’ll see an indicator at the top of the Space if…
As concerns about Omicron increase, Amazon, Facebook parent Meta, Twitter, and Pinterest said on Tuesday that they will not be sending teams to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. In the past, CES, which serves as an annual exhibition of new technological trends and gadgets, drew over 180,000 visitors from all around the…